Don't tweet as I say and don't tweet as I do

The Marine Corps has issued orders for its folks to stay clear of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.  CNN reports that the Marines apparently are worried that a slip of a lip might sink a ship which would mean Marines would have to swim from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. Never mind that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen has his own Twitter feed. He had 4,551 followers as of this afternoon. The latest feed says:

“Obviously we need to find right balance between security and transparency. We are working on that. But am I still going to tweet? You bet.”

RHIP ?(Rank hath its privileges). YBYA (You bet your ass).